compose key (Mandriva, kde 3.3) - KDE

This is a discussion on compose key (Mandriva, kde 3.3) - KDE ; I cannot use dead keys any more after upgrading from Mandrake 10.0 to
Mandriva, and from kde 3.2 to 3.3. I played with the keyboard configuration
utility (Xkb options), tried Menu, right Alt and right Windows. No success.
The Italian ...

compose key (Mandriva, kde 3.3)

I cannot use dead keys any more after upgrading from Mandrake 10.0 to
Mandriva, and from kde 3.2 to 3.3. I played with the keyboard configuration
utility (Xkb options), tried Menu, right Alt and right Windows. No success.
The Italian keyboard, for all the rest, works well.
The setxkbmap is called as follows: